CH2M Employee Reviews about "ch2m hill"

Pros

CH2M Hill is a great name to have associated with your career portfolio. You will meet a lot of talented individuals. Some offices are full of wonderful people that make coming to work a joy every day (even Monday's).

Cons

Employee development is not openly supported. It is difficult to obtain funding from the company for just about anything. It is not easy to actually try something new or to get involved in cross business opportunities. Because the company is so big, overhead costs are astronomical and employee salaries for junior level employees are well below average. Benefits do not help to bring the total compensation package up to par. As an engineer, I have not felt challenged and I have not gotten opportunities to really use the skills that I acquired in college. There seems to be a general lack of participation by upper management to help develop a career path with specific goals or milestones for junior level staff. It isn't what you know in this company, it is who you know that will help you attain your goals and help you receive the recognition you deserve. Overall, CH2M Hill is a great place for junior staff to gain experience but probably an even better place to use a career stepping stone.

Pros

-Salary and benefits were about average for the business, but these were being cutback.

Cons

-CH2M HILL acquired several growing profitable Oil and Gas E&C firms and have nearly lost all of their business in that sector in less than five years. -85% turnover in 2 years in the Anchorage office, mostly voluntary, almost none of which was replaced due to lack of work. -Have lost nearly all of their business in Oil and Gas during a comparative boom for most other companies. -When work runs out, licensed engineers are forced to take unpaid time off while project managers are put on overhead. -No focus on developing a good engineering and design practice. Like many other E&C firms, have abandoned technical services for project management services. -No career growth for younger employees. You are stuck where you hire on at. If the economy improves, they will hire in people with comparable experience to you above you for more money. -No training. -Company is not competative in bidding for oil and gas projects of any significant size. -No communication to employees. Will deny layoffs are imminent and cut 20 people the next day.

Pros

Pay was good. Time commitments was good Benefits were passable and not terribly expen

Cons

It may be an ESOP, but the company is run by Project management. CH2M Hill is supposed to be one of the most Ethical Firms in the USA, but I didn't find this to be accurate. Part of my position was to source services. I discovered a major flow in the pre-existing plans. Through my skills and knowledge, I found a safe, lower cost and much lower risk solution. For this I did receive verbal commendations. However, the Project Manager and the JV Partner at the Project site did not appreciate my disrupting their plans - I was accused of being somehow tied to my 'blokes'. A role at CH2M Hill could be OK, but you have to review the REAL power structure for your job. I was not working for the PM; I wasn't even supposed to be working for the Procurement Manager - I was just tossed to the wolves by the technical director to satisfy the PM. Good luck to you if you go here.

Pros

CH2M Hill was a great place to work when I first started back in 1988. I worked for them and with them for 20 years.

Cons

From my experience and from even working with them today as a client, CH2M Hill isnt the place it used to be. I am very disappointed with the name/logo change. CH2M Hill always represented the founders names. "Cornell, Howland, Hayes, Maryfield and Hill" Not sure of why you dropped Hill and made the logo lowercase. To me this shows disrespect to the founders. Guess Jacqueline Hinman, thinks her photo as large as it is on the "who we are page" is more important than the history of the Company and the folks that made the company who it is, or was. After the last stock plummet, not sure if this is where I want to be invested anymore.

Pros

Good Benefits and Salary, if you can actually keep a job with them.

Cons

The Company has become so risk averse, they have become a client service provider or Professional Labor Supplier. It is unclear what CH2M Hill actually wants to be. Are they a Engineering firm or Construction company? At present they do very little of either and offer nothing that their competitors can't offer. Absolutely no effort is put into employee retention and development. They do have the tools in place but are not used effectively. Cronyism rules the day at this place.

Pros

Complex projects, incredibly access to senior engineers company-wide, great advancement opportunities and benefits. CH2M Hill definitely lives up to its reputation as a great company to work for. I am happier here as a staff engineer than any of my friends who work with our competitors. I have the opportunity to work on very interesting projects and the support of my supervisors in finding work that appeals to my career interests.

Cons

I have not found much about the company that I do not like. I have heard that salaries may be marginally lower than at some competitors, but I have no evidence to back that up.

Pros

When I first worked at CH2M Hill it was one of the best companies I had ever worked for. They treated their employees well and focused on the Yellow Book values from the founders of the company. I worked with a great group of people with flexible hours and a laid back environment.

Cons

With the past 2 CEO changes the company has changed a lot. The empoyee focused environment doesn't really exist anymore, it became more like any other company. They pushed back raises to start in April instead of January several years ago. The raises were never very good, 2-3% for a top performer. Several years ago they donated the money set aside for the holiday party to a charity, and the company never had another holiday party after that year.

Pros

Absolutely some of the best folks to work with. The company's project delivery system is second to none. The comitment to the client is fantastic. The company was willing to listen and respect my advice and comments. I felt like part of a team pointed in one direction and that was to provide an excellent product/service to the client.

Cons

The executive leadership within CH2M Hill was too willing to listen to their senior leaders and were easily misled. The divestature of EMS was a huge mistake and will cause problems in the future for the company.

Pros

Benefits and perks are OK.

Cons

Too many useless and incompetent "CH2M HILL Managers" in Virginia, that's why they're not able to win even small projects in the area. Transparency is another issue even though CHILL is classified as one of the most ethical companies... Fake. Is this really CH2M HILL?

Pros

Work-life balance flexibility Unique projects Technical experts PTO - 27 days after 10 years Professional trust of staff - face-time isn't as important as results OT paid (straight time) when over 80 hours of client-chargeable time in single pay period (no OT for overhead time)

Cons

Stingy with training No generic overhead number - not really salaried. Have to take PTO to fill out timesheet if not enough project numbers available Drifting to program management focus rather than design focus Constant restructuring of business "Bean-counters" are penny-wise and pound foolish Losing the CH2M HILL culture